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XXIX-CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

On the 3d August, 1849, Gen. B. Riley, then acting Governor of California, issued a proclamation, in which, after setting forth the anomalous and unsettled position of the country, both in its local and general government, he requested the people, in certain specified districts, to return delegates to a Convention, to form a State Constitution, at Monterey, on the 1st September, 1849. The delegates elected, in accordance with this recommendation, met at Monterey, on the 1st September, 1849, and adjourned over until the fourth, when that body organized by the election of Dr. Robert Semple, President, and William G. Marcy, Secretary.

The representation for each district in the Convention was apportioned as follows: San Diego, 2; Los Angeles, 7; Santa Barbara, 5; San Luis Obispo, 2; Monterey, 5; San José, 7; San Francisco, 9; Sonoma, 6; Sacramento, 15; San Joaquin, 15. Total, 73. Of this number but forty-eight were present during the sitting of the Convention, as follows:

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The following are the absentees elected and entitled to seats in the Convention:

Los Angeles: Luis Rubideaux, Manuel Requerra. Santa Barbara: Amitasio Carillo, Manuel Imeno. Sonoma: R. Maupin, J. Clyman, L. W. Boggs. Sacramento: John Bidwell, John S. Fowler, James Queen, W. Blackburn, R. M. Jones, W. Lacy, Charles E. Pickett. San Joaquin: S. Haley, C. L. Peck, M. Fallon, B. Ogden, George A. Pendleton, Col. Jackson, Jeremiah Ford, B. L. Morgan, Walter Chapman. San Francisco: W. D. M. Howard.

The Convention adjourned sine die, October 13th, 1849, after a session of forty-three days, during which time a work was consummated of great importance and responsibility, in a manner alike honorable to themselves and their constituents. The result of their labors was presented to the people to be acted upon, on the 13th day of November, 1849, and was almost unanimously adopted by them as the Constitution of the State.

1. TABLE

stitution of California, the Districts represented by them, their Nativity, Exhibiting the Names of the Members of the Convention which formed the Con

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XXX.-STATE OFFICERS,

From the Organization of the State Government, Dec. 1849, to 1859.

OFFICERS. Term 1850-'51. Term 1852-53. Term 1854-'55 Term 1856-57. Term 1858-'59.
Governor. P. H. Burnett (a) John Bigler John Bigler. J.Neely Johnson John B. Weller..
Lieut. Gov'r J. McDougall (6) Samuel Purdy Samuel Purdy. R. M. Anderson Joseph Walkup..
Sec. of State W. Van Voorhies W.V.Voorhies (g) J. W. Denver (j) D. F. Douglass. Ferris Forman...
Jas. W. Denver. C.H.Hempstead
Controller.. John S. Houston. W. S. Pierce... Samuel Bell... G. W. Whitman A. R. Meloney (n)
E. F. Burton (k)
Treasurer.. Richard Roman. Richard Roman, S. A. MeMeans. Henry Bates
J. L. English (D)

Thomas Findley. Att'y-Gen'l E.J.C. Kewen (c) S. C. Hastings...J.R. McConnell Wm. T. Wallace T. H. Williams.. J. A. McDougall

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J. S. Graham (h)
Qr. Mr.Gen'l J.C.Moorhead (d) W.H. Richardson Wm. C. Kibbe. Wm. C. Kibbe. Wm. C. Kibbe.....
W.H.Richardson Wm. C. Kibbe (i)
Adj't-Gen'l. J. R. Per Lee (e).
E. W. McKinstry.
St'te Printer H.H. Robinson

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(a) Resigned Jan. 8th, 1851. Was succeeded by John McDougal for remainder of the term. (b) David C. Broderick elected President of the Senate, made vacant by the accession of the Lieutenant-Governor.

(c) Resigned 1850. James A. McDougall elected to vacancy.

(d) Removed. William H. Richardson appointed to vacancy, April 26th, 1851.

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(e) Resigned September 24th, 1850. William H. () Richardson appointed to vacancy.

(f) H. H. Robinson resigned May 4th, 1850. J. Winchester appointed same date, who also resigned March 28th, 1851. Eugene Casserly was elected by the Legislature, May 1st, 1851, and continued in office until the contract system of 1852 was carried into effect. Contract awarded to G. K. Fitch and V. E. Geiger June, 1852, who transferred the same, by consent of the Legislature, to George Kerr & Co., February 3d, 1853. Contract system repealed May 1st,

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(h) Act creating office repealed. Secretary of
State made ex officio Superintendent of Pub-
lie Buildings May 12th, 1853.
William C. Kibbe appointed Quartermaster.
General June, 1852, under Militia Law of
1852, which provides that the Quartermas-
ter-Gen'l shall be ex officio Adjutant-Gen'l
Resigned November 1st, 1855. Charles H.
Hempstead appointed to vacancy.

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Appointed February, 1857, vice George W.
Whitman temporarily suspended.
Appointed February, 1857, vice Henry Bates
resigned.

Term commenced January 1st, 1857. Term
of office, three years.
Elected September, 1858.

XXXI.-JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,*

From the Organization of the State Government in 1849 to 1859.

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Alex. Wells (b). C. H. Bryan (b)
P. K. Woodside... J. R. Beard... J. R. Beard..
H. P. Hepburn....H. P. Hepburn... . B. C. Whitman.

(a) Resigned Oct. 1851. H. C. Murray appointed
to vacancy; elected Nov. 1852, for unex-
pired term to Jan. 1856; re-elected Sept.
1855, for full term.

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(b) Resigned April, 1852. A. Anderson appointed
to vacancy.
Alexander Wells elected in
1852, for the unexpired term to 1854, and
again elected Oct. 1853, for the full term. (d)
Judge Wells died Oct. 31, 1854. Chas. H.

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1858. David S. Terry.... J. G. Baldwin(d). Stephen J. Field Charles S. Fairfax. ...B. C. Whitman... Harvey Lee.... ..

P. H. Burnett (c)..
C. S. Fairfax....

Bryan appointed to vacancy, and continued until Sept. 1855, when David S. Terry was elected for the unexpired term.

Elected Sept. 1851, as successor of Judge Hastings, for the term of six years from Jan. 1, 1852. Resigned Jan. 13, 1857. Peter H. Burnett appointed to vacancy.

Joseph G. Baldwin elected Oct. 1858, for remainder of term, to 1862.

*For terms and salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court see p. 90.

XXXII.-LEGISLATURE OF CALIFORNIA.*

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, SACRAMENTO.

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.-The Constitution of California provides that the number of Members of the Assembly shall not exceed eighty, and that of the Senators shall not be less than one-third nor more than one-half of the Assembly. The term of the Senators is two years, one-half of which expire each year; of the Members of Assembly, one year.

FIRST SESSION.-Organized Dec. 15, 1849, at San José, and adjourned, after a session of one hundred and twenty-nine days, on the 22d of April, 1850. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52.

SECOND SESSION.-Organized at San José, January 6, 1851, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and sixteen days, on the 1st of May, 1851. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52.

THIRD SESSION.-Organized at Vallejo, January 5, 1852; removed to Sacramento, January 12, 1852, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-one days, on the 4th of May, 1852. Number of members: Senate, 27; Assembly, 62; total, 89.

FOURTH SESSION.—Organized at Vallejo, January 3, 1853; removed to Benicia, February 4, 1853, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-seven days, on the 19th of May, 1853. Number of members: Senate, 27: Assembly, 63; total, 90.

FIFTH SESSION.-Organized at Benicia, January 2, 1854; removed to Sacramento February 25th, 1854, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-four days, on the 15th of May, 1854. Number of members: Senate, 34; Assembly, 80; total, 114.

SIXTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 1, 1855, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-seven days, on the 7th of May, 1855. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

SEVENTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 7, 1856, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and six days, on the 21st of April, 1856. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

EIGHTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 5, 1857, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirteen days, on the 30th of April, 1857. Number of members; Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113.

NINTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 4th, 1858, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twelve days, on the 26th of April, 1858. Number of members: Senate, 35; Assembly, 80; total, 115.

* For Officers of the State Legislature, etc., see pp. 82-88. See Constitution of the State, Art. IV, p. 69.

+ The first Senatorial District was represented in the Senate of 1854 by two members: making the number of Senators of that session one more than is provided for by the apportionment of 1853.

1. OFFICERS OF THE LEGISLATURE

Of the State of California, from the Organization of the State Government, December 1849, to 1858.

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J. G. Stebbins.....J. S. Love...

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Enrolling Clerk.. A. W. Luckett....H. W. Carpentier..W F. McLean..

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Serg'nt-at-Arms. T. J. Austin..

Door-Keeper.... E. Russell....

J. L. Trask..
W. G. Marcy....

J. F. Howe.

W. B. Olds.

E. Covington.

P. K. Woodside..

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S. Purdy.
R. M. Anderson R. M. Anderson J. Walkup.
R. T. Sprague,. D. R. Ashley. S. H. Dosh..... S. A. Merritt...
W.A.Cornwall (c W. Bausman...G. S. Evans....T. N. Cazneau..
C. Dickinson...
T. Ward... J. T. Ewing....

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Enrol'g Cl'k H. St. Clair....J. H. Gardner.. A. E. Waite.. J. C. Shipman..J. C. Shipman..
Engross'g" J. C. Tucker...J. P. Van Hagen W. Miller. ....J. H. Webster.. L. Bartlett..
S'gt-at-Arms W. H. Harvey..J. T. Knox..... J. W. Ross.. A. Hunter......J. W. Hawkins.
Door-Keeper E. C. Dowdigan G. C. Newman. J. McGlenchy..J. McGlenchy..J. McGlenchy..

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Speaker... C. S. Fairfax... W. W. Stowe...J. T. Farley.. E. T. Beatty....N. E.Whitesides
pro tem J. W. Mandeville J. J. Hoff.... T. B. McFarland J. O'Neill.
Clerk
B. McAlpin.....
J. M. Anderson. J. M. Anderson. W. Campbell...J. W. Scobey..
Assist't J. W. Scobey...J. W. Scobey...A. M. Hayden. .J. W. Scobey...J. N. Bingay..
Enrol'g Cl'k J. Kimmell... C. Dannals.....J. Powell..... R. Lambert....E. J. Mitchell.
Engross'g" E. A. Kelly. E. A. Kelly T. Moreland.... S. B. Harris.... W. McConnell.
S'gt-at-Arms G. H. Blake...B. McAlpin. E. Gates... S. F. Brown....J. F. Quin.
Door-Keeper J.H. Warrington T. F. W. Price. J. D. G. Quirk. J. J. Frazier...A. F. Wagner..

(a) T. J. White resigned February, 1850. John

Bigler elected Speaker. Geo. B. Tingley
elected Speaker pro tem. March 25, 1850.

(b) Elected Clerk Supreme Court February 21.
John Nugent to vacancy.

(c) Mr. Ohr appointed Assistant Clerk and F. H.

Sandford, Enrolling Clerk, G.O. McMullin elected Transcribing Clerk, Jan. 26, '50. (d) Resigned Feb. 15, 1853 and J. G. Stebbins elected to vacancy.

(e) Resigned April 21. R. H. Dearing elected to vacancy.

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